Re: [PATCH] usb: hub: wrong order of putting interfaces when processing hub events

From: Alan Stern
Date: Fri Sep 12 2014 - 10:06:10 EST


On Fri, 12 Sep 2014, Petr Mladek wrote:

> usb_autopm_put_interface() must be called only when usb_autopm_get_interface()
> succeeded before. There was wrong ordering of the goto targets.

No, you are wrong. The code is correct as it stands.

> The funny thing is that the names of the goto targets and the related comments
> were correct.

That's because the whole thing is correct. Go back and read the
comments more carefully -- especially the comment following the "loop:"
label.

> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> index d481c99a20d7..6afd79ee3340 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> @@ -5132,12 +5132,12 @@ static void hub_events(void)
>
> loop_autopm:
> /* Balance the usb_autopm_get_interface() above */
> - usb_autopm_put_interface_no_suspend(intf);
> + usb_autopm_put_interface(intf);

There's no point to this change. Now this call will decrement the
usage counter and try to suspend -- but the suspend is bound to fail
because the usage counter is still > 0.

> loop:
> /* Balance the usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume() in
> * kick_khubd() and allow autosuspend.
> */
> - usb_autopm_put_interface(intf);
> + usb_autopm_put_interface_no_suspend(intf);

And now this call will decrement the usage counter down to 0, but won't
try to suspend -- so the hub won't autosuspend at all!

> loop_disconnected:
> usb_unlock_device(hdev);
> usb_put_dev(hdev);

Alan Stern

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